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Senior AI Engineer

Job in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, 60290, USA
Listing for: PepsiCo
Full Time position
Listed on 2026-05-31
Job specializations:
  • IT/Tech
    AI Engineer (Applied/Software), Systems Engineer
  • Engineering
    AI Engineer (Applied/Software), Systems Engineer
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 100000 - 125000 USD Yearly USD 100000.00 125000.00 YEAR
Job Description & How to Apply Below

Overview

As a Senior AI Engineer specializing in Agentic AI enablement, you will lead the design and delivery of production‑grade agent capabilities built on the enterprise AI Backbone across cloud and edge environments – across supply‑chain and global functions. You will own end‑to‑end delivery of key agent modules and integration patterns (MCP/tooling), establish strong evaluation and regression discipline, and drive adoption by partnering with transformation teams, BU, platform engineering, and enterprise application owners.

You serve as a technical anchor for the workstream—translating ambiguous business workflows into measurable agent outcomes, proactively identifying risks, proposing options/tradeoffs, and ensuring solutions scale across domains.

Responsibilities Architectural Leadership & Strategic Execution (40%)
  • Design and architect transformative agent systems that enable organization‑wide scaling, establishing new paradigms in agent architecture that become company standards. (Lead/Execute)
  • Pioneer novel agent patterns (tool‑use orchestration, multi‑agent systems, advanced memory architectures) that dramatically improve performance across the enterprise. (Lead/Execute)
  • Transform ambiguous business problems into elegant technical solutions with 10x efficiency gains through innovative approaches to system design. (Lead)
  • Optimize critical performance metrics beyond standard benchmarks, creating breakthrough improvements (90th percentile latency reduction, 50%+ token efficiency, near‑perfect tool‑call reliability). (Execute/Lead)
  • Establish architectural governance that propagates excellence across teams and projects. (Lead)
Advanced Evaluation & Quality Engineering (20%)
  • Design scientifically rigorous evaluation frameworks that uncover non‑obvious failure modes and edge cases others miss. (Lead/Execute)
  • Create organization‑level evaluation standards and platforms that scale across multiple teams and projects. (Lead)
  • Innovate on automated testing methodologies that dramatically increase code quality while reducing QA overhead. (Execute/Lead)
  • Perform sophisticated statistical analysis of system behaviors to predict quality issues before they manifest. (Execute)
  • Establish early warning systems for emerging failure patterns. (Execute/Lead)
Model Architecture & Routing Innovation (15%)
  • Architect intelligent routing systems that autonomously optimize for cost, latency, and quality trade‑offs. (Lead/Execute)
  • Pioneer novel approaches to model selection, fine‑tuning, and prompt engineering that set new performance standards. (Lead)
  • Create optimization algorithms that continuously improve routing decisions based on real‑time feedback loops. (Execute/Lead)
  • Develop proprietary techniques for model evaluation that provide competitive advantage. (Execute/Lead)
Advanced Integration & Ecosystem Development (15%)
  • Design scalable integration architectures that become enterprise standards for AI/app connectivity. (Lead)
  • Create abstraction layers that dramatically simplify how teams connect AI capabilities to enterprise systems. (Execute/Lead)
  • Establish next‑generation integration patterns that anticipate future technology directions and enable seamless adoption. (Lead)
  • Develop tooling that accelerates integration velocity across the entire organization. (Execute/Lead)
Organizational Multiplier & Innovation Leadership (10%)
  • Serve as technical visionary, elevating the entire AI organization's capabilities through knowledge transfer and mentorship. (Lead)
  • Anticipate industry shifts and position the organization to capitalize on emerging technological opportunities. (Lead)
  • Create internal communities of practice that accelerate knowledge sharing and collective innovation. (Lead)
  • Represent the company's technical excellence externally through publications, speaking engagements, and industry contributions. (Lead)
  • Drive cross‑functional initiatives that break down silos and create new organizational capabilities. (Lead/Execute)
Decision-Making Autonomy

High‑moderate — significant autonomy in AI engineering design choices and evaluation approach; aligns with standards and escalates policy/security‑impacting decisions.

Supervision Required

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Position Requirements
10+ Years work experience
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